West v. State

This appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted, and sentenced to the penitentiary, for distilling, making, or manufacturing alcoholic, spirituous, or malted liquors,'and for the possession of a still to be used for that purpose.

Under the undisputed evidence in this case the accused was entitled to his discharge. This evidence barely raises a suspicion against the defendant. It consists of the testimony of certain witnesses, who found a still and other contraband articles in a pine thicket 200 yards from the home of the defendant ; this and nothing more. There was no semblance of evidencé…